St. Johns River Floods Rampant: Lake Monroe May Overflow Banks

St. Johns River Floods Rampant: Lake Monroe May Overflow Banks

St. Johns River Floods Rampant

St. Johns River (Fla.)

Lake Monroe (Seminole County and Volusia County, Fla.)

Sanford (Fla.)

Floods--Florida

A newspaper article published by The Central Florida Press on June 20, 1930. The article describes floods occurring on the bulkheads of Lake Monroe, which is part of the St. Johns River system. The flooding was first reported by J. A. Young, who was the superintendent of the Florida Light and Power Company in Sanford, Florida.

Original newspaper article: "St. Johns River Floods Rampant: Lame Monroe May Overflow Banks." The Central Florida Press, Vol. 1, No. 9, June 20, 1930, page 1: Oviedo Historical Society, Oviedo, Florida.

ca. 1930-06-20

1930-06-20

1930-06-20

Digital reproduction of original newspaper article: "St. Johns River Floods Rampant: Lame Monroe May Overflow Banks." The Central Florida Press, Vol. 1, No. 9, June 20, 1930, page 1.

"The Central Florida Press, Vol. 1. No. 9, June 20, 1930." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/5674.

Oviedo Historical Society, Oviedo, Florida.

Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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Cepero, Laura

Belleville, Bill. River of Lakes: A Journey on Florida's St. Johns River. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2000.

"St. Johns River Timeline." St. Johns Riverkeeper. http://www.stjohnsriverkeeper.org/the-river/history/.

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